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Upgrade your mental operating system
I’d love to tell you I have a simple solution for what’s promised in the title but all I have to offer is a design for a t-shirt or mug 😬I do at least have the solution but simple it is not. Meditation is what I’m talking about. That’s clearly what this new design is…
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Creativity Boosters to get you in the Flow – 3 of 4 – Meditation
We all know Creativity at work is important. It is a leading driver of innovation and it boosts productivity. And when you are in the right flow, you are more creative and productive. Other than having a formulaic approach to better flow (Formula pins down what gets people in the “Flow”) we all want to…
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Mindfulness in the enterprise – enlightenment attained
For good reason (escalated by the COVID-19 pandemic), enterprises realise they need to ensure employee’s mental wellbeing is taken care of. Also that employees are helped to better take care of themselves. It’s in the enterprise’s interest. Activities geared to supporting them are booming and IT and HR departments are driving them. Mindfulness practice is…
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DharmaHacking at its finest
Discovered this Japanese Zen Buddhist monk and live-looping artist, Yogetsu Akasaka. He live streams on YouTube. This is one of many. I could get into some seriously cool meditation to some of these tracks, this one in particular.
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Hacking humans – welcome to the new frontier
Yuval Noah Harari, author of Sapiens and Homo Deus, among others, makes a powerful commencement speech in this recent video. As a Dharma Hacker I subscribe to the view that we are hackable. It’s how its done and to what end that is important. Some more thoughts on that and the video, in addition to…
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How to respond to global challenges mindfully and the 3 stakeholders in success
The title of this post is hopefully not too oblique and its clear I’m referring in part, to the challenge of our time – COVID-19. And when I say mindfully, my principle context is the practice of meditation, where paying attention is key. By paying attention you become more aware. You become more concentrated and…
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The battle for the self and the essence of being
The other day in a meditation session I arrived at an insight – roughly represented in the doodle. In my best sessions when I can get to that calm place, insights arise. Finding that place of calm, focus and insight is difficult and not always achieved in a meditation session. Sometimes just getting to calm is…